LG brings home security and augmented reality features to Hom-Bot vacuum cleaner

LG's latest robot vacuum, known as the
Hom-Bot Turbo+, will have an impressive set of features, including
remote camera capabilities and the ability to use your smartphone to
select areas most in need of a clean. The device will be on show at
CES 2016 next month.

At the core of any decent robot vacuum
is its navigation software, and it's no different for LG's latest
little machine helper. The Turbo+ is powered by a dual core CPU, and
uses intelligent Robonavi software to move around the room and avoid
obstacles such as table legs and stairs.

In order to do so, the system has to be
able to see where it's going. It's fitted with a triple camera set
up, allowing it to record the surrounding area, including the
ceilings above it, keeping track of where its been and where it's yet
to get to.

Those cameras are also used to provide
a home security feature known as Home-Guard, and a remote control
ability called Home-View. The former is designed to automatically
send still images to the users' smartphone if movement is detected
when they're not at home, while the latter transmits a real-time
feed, allowing for remote control vacuuming from practically anywhere.

You might think that's already a fairly
impressive feature set, but LG has one more trick up its sleeve –
an augmented reality feature called Home-Joy. It allows users to make
use of their smartphone camera to select areas of a room that need
particular attention, tapping on a location to send the robot
scurrying off to get started.

There's no word yet on the pricing or
availability of the Hom-Bot Turbo+, but it will be on show at CES 2016
early next month, where Gizmag will be on the ground.